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The Essential Blender Guide to 3D Creation with the Open Source Suite Blender

By Roland Hess
Produced by Ton Roosendaal
First Edition  September 2007 
Publisher: No Starch Press
Pages: 376
ISBN 10: 1-59327-166-2 | ISBN 13: 9781593271664
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The official guide to Blender, the powerful, open source, cross-platform, and free 3D graphics creation suite
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Blender is a free and open source 3D creation suite that is a real alternative to commercially available 3D design software. A cross-platform software package with millions of downloads annually, Blender is now one of the world's most popular 3D design tools.

Although Blender is free, it's intended for design professionals and others motivated to become 3D artists. The Essential Blender will provide you with the knowledge you need to help integrate Blender into your work and begin to master its powerful creation tools.

If you've never tried 3D design before, an introductory chapter will familiarize you with relevant terminology and concepts. If you're already experienced with commercial 3D software, The Essential Blender will get you up to speed with Blender quickly. After a tour of Blender's 3D modeling, animation, and rendering capabilities, you'll learn how best to use Blender for these tasks:

  • Object manipulation and animation
  • Mesh and sculpt modeling and shape animation
  • Materials and texturing (including UV unwrapping)
  • Lighting and rendering
  • Particle animation
  • Character rigging and animation
  • Node-based composition

    The book is modular in its approach, with each topic addressed independently and accompanied by hands-on tutorial sections.

    The combined expertise of key members of the Blender community, coupled with the experience of editor Roland Hess, bring you The Essential Blender-the definitive guide to Blender. You'll find a wealth of 3D design information inside that will help you to unlock your artistic potential and get the most out of Blender.

    Includes a Complete Version of Blender 2.44 on the CD-ROM. Covers Windows, Mac OS X, Linux (x86 and PowerPC), Solaris, FreeBSD, and IRIX.

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    Amazing guide and first steps,  December 05 2007
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    This is hands down the best book on blender available. I have dabbled in blender for about 2 years now and for the first time I feel I have actaully made progress in my ability to use blender. There are tutorials on things in blender that you can't find anywhere else, and after the second chapter (the first is a quick run of all the basic functions of blender)you will understand most of those intimidating buttons on blender. by the 5th chapter you will be able to construct things you had only dreamed of before.

    In a nutshell this is The essential blender guide.

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    "It's a great reference for those wanting to jump on this very popular 3D design tool."
    -- Manny Hernandez, Blogcritics Magazine


    "It really does contain a great deal of useful content in assisting the reader in using a very powerful and absolutely free 3D rendering application."
    -- James Pyles, Cert Forums


    "Recommended to anyone who wants to get into serious 3D animation; an essential resource for those who already use Blender; and well worth considering as a library acquisition for its plain-language explanation of 3D animation"
    -- Major Keary, Book News



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